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Relays are the bain of every head US Olympic coach. Former Olympic coach John Chaplin once noted that the head coach is worshipped if all four relays are won and vilified if they are not. That is just about it.

The Jamaican 4 x 100 meter relay team looks to pose the most challenge for both men and women from the U.S. The staff of the U.S. promises that there will be more practices and focus on strategy. Let's hope so.

Note that French women are running a 4 x 100 meters. I do not believe that Christine Arron is participating in that team.

Relay teams qualified and participating in Beijing

LES EQUIPES DE RelaIS qualifieES ET PARTICIPANT AUX jEUX DE PEKIN

21 July 2008

21 juillet 2008

Monte-Carlo – The qualification period for the men’s and women’s 4x100m and 4x400m Relays at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, Beijing 2008 ended last Wednesday, 16 July, since when each Member Federation of the IAAF who had teams in the top-16 places have been asked to confirm whether they would be taking up their positions in Beijing.

With the deadline for confirmation having expired, the IAAF is pleased to confirm the following teams will compete:

The aggregate of the two fastest times which determined the qualification of each of the national teams (achieved at IAAF recognised international events in the qualification period of 1 January 2007 to 16 July 2008) can be found in the following pdf file -

Bio: Larry Eder has had a 44 year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub 4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Track & Field to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts and RunBlogRun.
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